Reversible saw-handle



(No Model.)

J. R. 8: W. R. RANDOLPH.

REVERSIBLE SAW HANDLE.

No. 508,975. Patented Nov. 21, 71893.

JRR undo a W-RRCLMO z /J' APNING COMPANY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JILES R. RANDOLPH AND \VI LLIAM R. RANDOLPH, OF TRIGG COUNTY,

' KENTUCKY.

REVERSIBLE SAW-HANDLE.

S PECIFIGATION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 508,975, dated November 21, 1893.

Application filed April 4, 1893. Serial No. 469,049. (No model.)

,T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JILEs R. RANDOLPH and WILLIAM R. RANDOLPH, citizens of the UnitedStates, residing in the county of Trigg (Cadiz P. O.) and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Reversible Saw- Handle, of which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to reversible sawhandles, and has for its object to provide a handle that may be quickly reversed in order to accommodate the position of the operator to produce comfort and ease in sawing logs longitudinally as well as transversely.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of the construction and ar-' ran gement of the parts thereof as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective View of a saw-blade having the improved handle applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a blade showing the improved handle arranged at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, the parts being arranged as shown in Fig. .l. Fig.4is a transverse sectional view, the parts being arranged as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the parts of the handle detached from the saw-blade and separated.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings. 7

Referring'to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a saw-blade, having on the opposite ends thereof the improved form of handle, and as both of the handles are of the same formation only one of the same will be described. The bracket 2 is formed with a slot 3 to receive the end of the saw-blade, and the opposite parts of the said bracket forming the walls of the said slot 3 are provided with a pair of aligned openings at to receive removable bolts 5 that are passed through said openings and similar openings in the end of the saw-blade to hold the bracket in removable connection with the saw-blade. The outer part of the said bracket is formed with a head 6 that is constructed with a groove 7, to form a bearing or engaging-bar8, having an outer flanged end, as at 9, and said flanged end tothat the said grooves are at a right angle to each other. The hearing or engaging-bar is also arranged at a slight oblique angle to properly position the handle relativelyto the saw-blade, as shown, and removably fitted over the said engaging-bar is the adjustable handle 12, having a lower bifurcated-end that is of such size as to snugly fit the said engaging-bar, and the opposite parts of which are of such length as to slightly project beyond the thickness in any direction of the said engaging-bar which has its portion, receiving the handle, of the same breadth and thickness to permit the handle to be fitted from the top and side to bring the saw blade in a vertical or horizontal position. The opposite parts of the said bifurcated end of the handle are formed with aligned openings 13, that are adapted to com municate with the opposite terminations of the grooves in the engagmgbar, as shown in the accompanying drawlngs, and held in either of the positions shown by a removable pin 14, that is passed through the said opening 13 and engages either ofthe cross-grooves of the said engaging-bar. The bifurcated end of the handle is of such size as to snugly fit over the engaging-bar, and the latter being of angular form the said handle is thereby prevented from having loose play, as it is held against movementor efiort to withdraw the same-by the pin 1st. Lateral or sidewise movement of the handle is also prevented by the limiting stops or shoulders formed at the opposite ends of the engagingbar, as the said engaging-bar is of such length between the said stops or shoulders as to admit of the bifurcated end of the handle fitting between the said stops or shoulders and engaging the same.

The advantages of the improved construction are manifold, but among many others is the close fitting of the handle on the engagingbar in either of its adjusted positions, and it will not be permitted to work loose or have any play whatsoever. The construction of the several partsbeing strong and durable they will stand hard usage and wear and tear. The reversible nature of the handle also permits the operator tostand in the same position when sawing longitudinally of timber as when sawing transversely of the same.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In combination with the saw-blade, of an engaging-bar held in connection therewith at the end of the same having grooves in the bottom and one side thereof extending transversely of the same, and ahandle removably and adjustably fitted to said bar, a pin being passed through the one end of said handle and engaging one or the other of the said grooves when the handle is adj nsted from one position to the other, substantially as described.

2. The combination of asaw blade provided with a longitudinally disposed outwardly extending rectangular head of the same breadth and thickness, a reversible handle having ,a bifurcation at its lower end adapted to receive and fit upon the side or top of the head, and means for detachably securing the handle to the head, whereby the handle may be reversed, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a saw-blade, of a bracket removably connected thereto, and having an integral engaging-bar with shoulders at opposite terminations thereof and with a groove in the bottom and one side of the same, a handle having a bifurcated end with aligned openings therein removably fitted to the said engaging-bar, and a pin removably mounted in the saidopenings of the bifurcated end of the handle and arranged to engage either one of the said grooves of the engagingbar, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JILES R. RANDOLPH. WILLIAM R. RANDOLPH.

Witnesses:

H. B. MCKINNEY, J NO. D. SHAW. 

